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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 1944

All records and property of the Office of War Mobilization shall be transferred to the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion established by the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 1944

I have signed S. 2051, a bill 'to amend the Social Security Act, as amended, to provide a national program for war mobilization and reconversion, and for other purposes.'

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 1944

All records and property of the Retraining and Reemployment Administration shall be transferred to the Retraining and Reemployment Administration established by the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 1944

When the Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion takes office, all functions, powers, and duties heretofore conferred upon the Office of War Mobilization shall be transferred to the said Director.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 1944

I have considerable doubt whether many provisions of the bill will not make extremely difficult the accomplishment of its objectives.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 29, 1944

An emergency facility shall be considered as having ceased to be necessary in the interest of national defense during the emergency period.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

Private industry and private trade can, I am sure, produce a high level of international trade.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

I have been following closely and with increasing concern the development of the Argentine situation in recent months.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

International trade on as full and free a basis as possible is necessary not only as a sound economic foundation for the future peace, but it is also necessary in order that we may have fuller production and employment at home.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

Until the complete defeat of both Japan and Germany, the flow of lend-lease aid should be continued in the amounts necessary to enable the combined strength of all the United Nations to defeat our common enemies as quickly as possible and…

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

It is in the national interest of the United States, as well as the joint interest of the United States and the other peace-loving Nations, that the destruction and devastation of war be repaired and that the foundations for a secure peace…

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

The Nazi radio beamed to Latin America, the pro-Nazi press in Argentina... seek to undermine the position of the American Republics.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

The Argentine Government has repudiated solemn inter-American obligations on the basis of which the Nations of this hemisphere developed a system of defense to meet the challenge of Axis aggression.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

This situation presents the extraordinary paradox of the growth of Nazi-Fascist influence and the increasing application of Nazi-Fascist methods in a country of this hemisphere.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to relinquish, as of the close of business on September 30, 1944, the possession of the said plant taken pursuant to the said Executive Order No. 9399 of November 25, 1943, and to issue the…

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

There can be little hope for a system of international security, theoretically created to maintain principles for which our peoples are today sacrificing to the limit of their resources.

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FDR
@fdr· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 1944

The vast majority of the people of Argentina have remained steadfast in their faith in their own free, democratic traditions.

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